Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Belongs to Venericardia (Glyptoactis) according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia), Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis), Glyptoactis alticostata, Glyptoactis paraguanensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) charanalensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) hadra, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) stenygra
Type specimen: CAS 7910, a shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. locality 31694, Colombia, which is in the Bartonian of sandstone Colombia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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